Learn how to plant flowers in a pot in just three simple steps for a perfectly proportioned garden vase that will be a beautiful focal point for your front porch, deck, or patio. Makes planting flowers for beginners EASY!
Fill your flower planter up with a good quality potting soil. If it's especially tall, like the garden vase pictured, you may want to add some lightweight lava rocks to help fill it out and reduce the amount of potting soil needed.
Choose a dramatic large plant, such as dracaena, as a focal point. Plant it in the center of your planter.
Add a soft, billowing filler plant, such as wave petunias, around the base of the focal plant.
Plant a trailing or tumbling plant (lysimachia pictured) that spills over the edges around the outside.
Water lightly after planting and as needed thereafter.